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Seaway Valley Rapids’ Coaching Profile:

Norm St-Jean and the Minor Atoms

By Casey Leger enough knowledge and organizational skills
to help out. My son was on skates at two,
t’s early September, and across this great
and he loved skating. When he started IP,
Ination, people are turning to the one thing
I wanted to give a hand. This led to really
that unites-- and divides-- sports-minded
enjoying developing and growing the game
Canadians like nothing else: hockey. This
with the kids.”
includes Coach Norm St-Jean and the
Seaway Valley Minor Atom Rapids. “The St-Jean, a supply chain manager at
kids are 9 years old,” says St-Jean. “The Sigmapoint Technologies, appreciates the

best part of coaching hockey at this age is support of his employer and of his family
the kids’ excitement and passion to want in managing a very busy work and hockey
play and be on the ice, even for practices.” schedule. “Sports bring people together.
It’s awesome seeing parents, friends, and
St. Jean, who grew up playing rep hockey
in Cornwall and who continues to play in grandparents at games, coming out to
Cornwall and Ottawa as an adult, admits support the kids and cheer them on,” he
that there are challenges to coaching says.
young athletes. “Kids are kids,” he says. When it comes to a coaching philosophy,
“Sometimes they are tired. They lose focus. St-Jean’s is pretty straightforward. “My

You need to have patience.” coaching philosophy would be team first.
Although he has five years worth of Work hard and support each other. I want
experience behind the bench as a coach, my team to feel as though they’ve improved
this season will be St-Jean’s first as a head their skills and ability and made some great

coach. He says, “I’ve always felt I have friendships that will last a lifetime.”
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